A 14-year-old boy was charged with the fatal shooting of his mother and little brother while they were “sound asleep", according to authorities in New Stanton, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Remaley allegedly admitted to shooting his mother, Dana Remaley, and his 8-year-old brother Caleb, telling police that he used his father's gun and would have shot his dad too, but the man had already left for work, according to a court document.

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"He woke up that morning, went to an area in the kitchen, recovered a firearm -- that firearm wasn't loaded at the time," Trooper Stephen Limani said. "He got a magazine, loaded that firearm, walked into his mother's room, and -- from a very short distance -- fired one round into her forehead, subsequently killing her, and then walked into his brother's room and repeated the same act."

Dana Remaley, 46, worked at West Hempfield Middle School and Caleb was a third-grade student at Stanwood Elementary. Police said both were found dead Wednesday morning inside the family's home.

A 911 call received around 7 a.m., and later discovered to have been Jacob, shed a little light on the incident, said authorities.

"He said that his father left the firearm in his bed and had left (the house), so without specifically saying he saw his father do it, he would have given you an idea -- one would presume that he would have done it, by the words that he said. But it was very quickly dismissed by our investigators after making some phone calls and doing some interviews and time frames," Limani said.

Based on the boy's call, an ambulance service was sent to the house. They provided a blanket to Jacob, who was unarmed and kept repeating "Mom" as he came outside to meet them, according to the court document. He had blood on his right knee and an apparent puncture wound, and blood on his left index finger and a cut on his right big toe.

The ambulance service workers began talking with Jacob, asking about a gun. Concerned that he might go get the firearm and not being equipped to handle that scenario, they moved down the road and waited for police.

In the meantime, Jacob retrieved the gun from the house, then went outside and began walking down the road, Trooper Limani said.

A neighbor approached Jacob and engaged him in a “healthy conversation, loving conversation,” and ultimately he put the gun down, said Trooper Limani.

The court document filed provided additional details from the encounter with the neighbor. The firearm Jacob allegedly had in his possession when the neighbor found him was a Ruger LCP .380 Auto handgun.

The document noted that the neighbor told Jacob that she loved him and he allegedly responded “I love my mom, too.” Then, according to the document, Jacob walked into the neighbor’s yard and stated he found the gun in his bed. After that, he threw the gun into an adjacent yard and stayed in the yard until authorities arrived.

"That neighbor did a very good job when it came to engaging with him, talking to him and de-escalating his situation, so we're probably fortunate that that interaction took place," Limani said.

Because of that interaction, said Trooper Limani, authorities were able to take Jacob into custody.

District Attorney John Peck said Jacob would be charged as an adult with two counts of criminal homicide.

"This appears to be a first-degree murder case," Peck said.

Those who said they knew the Remaley family said Jacob was always polite and had good manners.

"If you could pick a friend for your kid, it would be Jacob," Anita Stoner who was Dana Remaley's friend said, adding that she can't understand what could have made the boy do what he accused of doing.

"They're a good family," she said. "They’re your all-American family -- hard workers, good people, give back to the community. I just don’t know."